Business and society : a critical introduction /
Kean Birch [and five others].
- ix, 301 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The emergence of capitalism in Western Europe -- The spread of capitalism -- The corporate revolution -- Corporate governance -- Corporate responsibility -- Corporate power -- Global economy and varieties of capitalism -- Global governance -- Global environmental change -- Markets and economic order -- Economics, capitalism and business: the orthodoxy -- Political economy and critiques of capitalism: heterodox perspectives -- Business, regulation and policy -- Ethics and business -- Business and social exclusion -- Resistance and alternatives to corporate capitalism -- Social economy -- Rethinking ownership: the market vs. the commons.
Provides critical perspectives on all aspects of the relationship between business and society: from an historical analysis of the spread of capitalism as the foundation of the 'corporate' revolution in the late nineteenth century to the regulation, ethics and exclusionary implications of business in contemporary society. Furthermore, they examine how corporate power and capitalism might be resisted, outlining a range of alternatives, from the social economy through to new forms of open access or commons ownership. --From publisher description.
9781783604494 1783604492 9781783604487 1783604484
2021276003
GBB705116 bnb
018172248 Uk
Industries--Social aspects. Social responsibility of business. Capitalism--Social aspects. Capitalism--Social aspects. Industries--Social aspects. Social responsibility of business. Gesellschaft Kapitalismus Sozialer Wandel Wirtschaftssystem Unternehmensethik Wirtschaftsordnung Gesellschaftsordnung Sozialer Wandel Kapitalismus Kritik